докатиться

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Russian

Etymology

до- (do-) +‎ кати́ться (katítʹsja)

Pronunciation

Verb

докати́ться (dokatítʹsjapf (imperfective дока́тываться)

  1. to roll (to), to go rolling (to)
    • 1898, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Человек в футляре; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Man in the Case, 1918:
      Ле́стница была́ высо́кая, крута́я, но он докати́лся до́низу благополу́чно; встал и потро́гал себя́ за нос: це́лы ли очки́?
      Léstnica bylá vysókaja, krutája, no on dokatílsja dónizu blagopolúčno; vstal i potrógal sebjá za nos: cély li očkí?
      The staircase was high and steep, but he rolled to the bottom unhurt, got up, and touched his nose to see whether his spectacles were all right.
  2. to reach
  3. (colloquial) (sounds) to roll, to thunder, to boom
  4. (colloquial, deprecative) to come down (to), to sink (into), to end up
    докати́ться до преступле́нияdokatítʹsja do prestuplénijato sink into crime
    докати́ться до тюрьмыdokatítʹsja do tjurʹmyto end up in jail
    вот до чего́ он докати́лся!vot do čevó on dokatílsja!that's what he has come down to!

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